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Dmitry Shelkovin

In the choir since 2022

He studied programming at the Moscow State Mining University, then at the Baltic State Technical University “Voenmeh” in St. Petersburg. He graduated from the Conducting Department of the Rimsky-Korsakov St. Petersburg Music College. He studied at Rimsky-Korsakov St. Petersburg State Conservatory.

He worked as an artist of the vocal ensemble “Resonance” under the direction of Mikhail Serkov. Since 2015 he has been the artistic director and conductor of the student choir of the St. Petersburg State Marine Technical University. Since 2019 he has been working as a choirmaster at the Rimsky-Korsakov Music School (St. Petersburg). Since 2020 he has been the resident conductor and chief choirmaster of the ClassicElectric project. He is the co-author of the Eden Illusion project (Saint Petersburg, 2021), and the co-founder and conductor of the Attaque de Panique post-choir.

WHAT BROUGHT YOU TO THE WORLD OF MUSIC?
After school, I went to study to be a computer programmer. Soon I realized that my soul yearned for music, so I left the institute and entered a music college, then a conservatory. In fact, music is very close to mathematics, so it is not sufficient to rely solely on knowledge of the humanities to perform it. It is important to have at least a basic understanding of mathematics and a keen sense of timing.
HOW DID YOU GET TO KNOW THE MUSICAETERNA CHOIR?
The first piece I heard performed by musicAeterna was the opera Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell. This very composition was the first one for me to perform as a permanent member of the choir. So far, my one of the most frequently listened to albums is a recording of this opera conducted by Teodor Currentzis.
WHAT DO YOU DO IN YOUR FREE TIME?
It seems that there is nothing in my life apart from music, but sometimes I still need to switch. I like to go out of town, to stay in the country. I hope that during the winter holidays I'll get a chance to go out into nature. PlayStation games help me reboot and distract from the music in my head. Of these, I enjoy football the most.

musicAeterna choir events

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Hildegardof Bingen (1098–1179)
O virga ac diadema | O branch and diadem
sequence

Teodor Currentzis
Alleluia

Φῶς ἱλαρὸν | O Gladsome Radiance
the entrance chant of Great Vespers, the Byzantine tradition

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943)
 Voskres iz groba |Christ is risen from the grave
Troparion No. 14 from the All-Night Vigil for mixed choir, Op. 37 (1915) 

Henryk Mikołaj Górecki (1933–2010)
Amen for mixed choir, Op. 35 (1975)

Ἐξομολογεῖσθε τῷ Κυρίῳ | Confess to the Lord
antiphon of the Byzantine tradition

Sub tuum praesidium | Under Your mercy we take refuge
hymn to the Virgin (3rd-4th century)

Alexander Knaifel (1943–2024)
Uteshityelyu | To thee, Comforter
Prayer to the Holy Spirit for mixed choir (1995)

Ave rex gentis anglorum | Hail, King of the English people
hymn to King Edward the Martyr (England, 11th century)

Francis Poulenc (1899–1963)
Ave verum corpus (1952)

Benjamin Britten (1913–1976)
A Hymn to the Virgin for double choir (1930)

Teodor Currentzis
Εωθινόν | Morning Chant (2022)

Improvisation on Bikapo sound sculptures

The programme is subject to change.

Musical Director and Conductor Teodor Currentzis
Stage Director Anna Guseva
Choirmaster Vitaly Polonsky
Choreographer Aisylu Mirhafizkhan
Lighting Designer Natalia Tuzova

Performers:

musicAeterna Choir
musicAeterna Dance
musicAeterna Orchestra soloists and guest artists:
Alexander Shirunov, accordion
Sasha Listova, piano
Andrey Baranenko, organ
Alexey Amosov, Andrey Volosovsky, Maxim Sanin, percussion
Yiorgos Kaloudis, classical Cretan lyra
Maria Zorkina, lever harp
Olga Komok, organetto

Bikapo improvisation performers:
Lada Raskolnikova
Alexey Sulin
Mikhail Myasoyedov
Eleonora Myasoyedova

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Hildegardof Bingen (1098–1179)
O virga ac diadema | O branch and diadem
sequence

Teodor Currentzis
Alleluia

Φῶς ἱλαρὸν | O Gladsome Radiance
the entrance chant of Great Vespers, the Byzantine tradition

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943)
 Voskres iz groba |Christ is risen from the grave
Troparion No. 14 from the All-Night Vigil for mixed choir, Op. 37 (1915) 

Henryk Mikołaj Górecki (1933–2010)
Amen for mixed choir, Op. 35 (1975)

Ἐξομολογεῖσθε τῷ Κυρίῳ | Confess to the Lord
antiphon of the Byzantine tradition

Sub tuum praesidium | Under Your mercy we take refuge
hymn to the Virgin (3rd-4th century)

Alexander Knaifel (1943–2024)
Uteshityelyu | To thee, Comforter
Prayer to the Holy Spirit for mixed choir (1995)

Ave rex gentis anglorum | Hail, King of the English people
hymn to King Edward the Martyr (England, 11th century)

Francis Poulenc (1899–1963)
Ave verum corpus (1952)

Benjamin Britten (1913–1976)
A Hymn to the Virgin for double choir (1930)

Teodor Currentzis
Εωθινόν | Morning Chant (2022)

Improvisation on Bikapo sound sculptures

The programme is subject to change.

Musical Director and Conductor Teodor Currentzis
Stage Director Anna Guseva
Choirmaster Vitaly Polonsky
Choreographer Aisylu Mirhafizkhan
Lighting Designer Natalia Tuzova

Performers:

musicAeterna Choir
musicAeterna Dance
musicAeterna Orchestra soloists and guest artists:
Alexander Shirunov, accordion
Sasha Listova, piano
Andrey Baranenko, organ
Alexey Amosov, Andrey Volosovsky, Maxim Sanin, percussion
Yiorgos Kaloudis, classical Cretan lyra
Maria Zorkina, lever harp
Olga Komok, organetto

Bikapo improvisation performers:
Lada Raskolnikova
Alexey Sulin
Mikhail Myasoyedov
Eleonora Myasoyedova

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György Kurtág (b. 1926)
Songs of Despair and Sorrow for mixed choir with instrumental accompaniment, Op. 18 (1980–1994)

So weary, so wretched to the words of Mikhail Lermontov (1840)
Night, an empty street, a lamp, a drug-store to the words of Alexander Blok (1912)
Blue Evening to the words of Sergei Yesenin (1925)
Where can I go to in this January? to the words of Osip Mandelstam (1937)
The Crucifixion to the words of Anna Akhmatova (1939)
It’s time to the words of Marina Tsvetaeva (1941)

Grabstein für Stephan | Gravestone for Stephan for guitar and instrumental ensemble, Op. 15c
(1989)

Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
Ein deutsches Requiem | A German Requiem for soprano, baritone, choir and orchestra, Op. 45 (1865–1869)

Selig sind, die da Leid tragen | Blessed are those who weep, for they will be comforted
Denn alles Fleisch, es ist wie Gras | For all flesh is like grass
Herr, lehre doch mich, dass ein Ende mit mir haben muss | Lord, teach me that I must have an end
Wie lieblich sind Deine Wohnungen, Herr Zebaoth! | How lovely is Thy dwelling place, O Lord of hosts!
Ihr habt nun Traurigkeit | Ye now therefore have sorrow
Denn wir haben hier keine bleibende Statt | For here we have no continuing city
Selig sind die Toten, die in dem Herrn sterben | Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord

The programme is subject to change.

Performers:

Iveta Simonyan — soprano
Vladislav Chizhov — baritone

The musicAeterna Choir and Orchestra
Conductor — Teodor Currentzis 

 

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György Kurtág (b. 1926)
Songs of Despair and Sorrow for mixed choir with instrumental accompaniment, Op. 18 (1980–1994)

So weary, so wretched to the words of Mikhail Lermontov (1840)
Night, an empty street, a lamp, a drug-store to the words of Alexander Blok (1912)
Blue Evening to the words of Sergei Yesenin (1925)
Where can I go to in this January? to the words of Osip Mandelstam (1937)
The Crucifixion to the words of Anna Akhmatova (1939)
It’s time to the words of Marina Tsvetaeva (1941)

Grabstein für Stephan | Gravestone for Stephan for guitar and instrumental ensemble, Op. 15c
(1989)

Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
Ein deutsches Requiem | A German Requiem for soprano, baritone, choir and orchestra, Op. 45 (1865–1869)

Selig sind, die da Leid tragen | Blessed are those who weep, for they will be comforted
Denn alles Fleisch, es ist wie Gras | For all flesh is like grass
Herr, lehre doch mich, dass ein Ende mit mir haben muss | Lord, teach me that I must have an end
Wie lieblich sind Deine Wohnungen, Herr Zebaoth! | How lovely is Thy dwelling place, O Lord of hosts!
Ihr habt nun Traurigkeit | Ye now therefore have sorrow
Denn wir haben hier keine bleibende Statt | For here we have no continuing city
Selig sind die Toten, die in dem Herrn sterben | Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord

The programme is subject to change.

Performers:

Iveta Simonyan — soprano
Vladislav Chizhov — baritone

The musicAeterna Choir and Orchestra
Conductor — Teodor Currentzis